Where does “maddeningly” come from?
Maddeningly derives from English madden, Old English -līċ, Proto-Germanic -līkaz, and Proto-Indo-European līg- combined with ḱóm, ultimately from roots meaning "body" and "together."
maddeningly (English): in a maddening manner
Definitions
- in a maddening manner
Ancestry of “maddeningly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maddening | Causing frustration or anger; Leading to... |
| 2 | English | madden | To make angry; To make insane; to inflame with... |
| 3 | English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 4 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 5 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 6 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 7 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |